Viridian Chefs Wander to Vegetate
In order to keep DCist’s newly veg food editor happy and well fed, Sidra Forman and Derrick Bullock (formerly of Viridian, Perrys, and Rupperts) have moved to Vegetate, the new all-vegetarian restaurant/locus of neighborhood tension in Shaw.

The team has been cultivating its no-meat cooking skills for a while now (as evidenced by the menu at Viridian), and will be sure to please proprietors Jennifer and Dominic Redd. Also pleasing is the time-limited liquor license granted to the restaurant despite the vociferous complaints of nearby Shiloh Baptist Church. Perhaps this will end the protestations of the pious neighbors, as the license is only granted for Friday and Saturday nights. We’ll wait to see if this ends the criticism of the church for its congregants’ double parking, but we doubt it.